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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in San Souci Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Souci Beach and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for San Souci Beach:
- 30.388810, -88.258337
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on San Souci Beach
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Mobile County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mobile County
- Since San Souci Beach is near Jackson County and also Baldwin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for San Souci Beach
Curious and Interesting Names Near San Souci Beach ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Cloverdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Fernland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fernland is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernland
- Grand Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Heron Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Heron Bay is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heron Bay
- Nelson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Nelson is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Orange Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Orange Grove is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Pecan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pecan is located in Jackson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan
- Pinecrest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pinecrest is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Sunny Cove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Cove is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Cove
How Far From San Souci Beach to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as San Souci Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in San Souci Beach and extending to:
- Mobile, which is the Seat of Mobile County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from San Souci Beach to Mobile, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 179 miles [288.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 865 miles [1,392.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,763 miles [10,884 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,463 miles [12,010.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,342 miles [8,597.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- San Souci Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from San Souci Beach to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in San Souci Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3888, Longitude: -88.2583 In this case, the coordinates for San Souci Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.291 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.571 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.459 degrees. |
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